JOURNAL 5:
After reading Entering the conversation in They Say I Say, I enjoyed how it started off by comparing something you are good at to have writers feel about write. How not everything comes naturally but after practice and time, it’s like you know longer have to think about it, just do it. This reading was broken up into different sections to make the reading easier to understand and if you were to look back at it, easy to find what you’re looking for.
State your own ideas as a response to others: This is why the book is called They say, I say. An important template that should always be used is They say this but I say this. Being able to have a conversation off of others work.
“Why are you telling me this”: You need to be able to enter the conversation of others and have a logical standpoint of why you’re entering and what are you trying to add on or say. So tell their point and then say yours.
The as-opposed-to-what factor: This concept is to always ask what the other person is saying. Not just what you are thinking.
How it’s done: This section talks about who your works can work together with others. Like some others literally, write “They say this” but there are other ways this can be put into words.
Court controversy, but: This is when you don’t disagree entirely on what the author is saying but someone disagrees but also state why.
Disagreeing without being disagreeable: Criticize but do not over criticize. “I agree with this but I can not accept what she says about this”.
The template of templates: This shows the many ways to enter a conversation and respond to what the author is saying.
But it’s this plagiarism: It is not plagiarism if you ‘borrow’ the author’s words but somehow twist them into your own.
Ok- but templates: Using templates does not lose the creativity in us it just helps us understand the direction we need to go in.
Putting in your oar: Enters in on how to be a critical thinker and how to enter a conversation
